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Cardamine macrophylla Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 484 1800. (Syn: Cardamine chelidonia Pall. [Illegitimate] …..; Cardamine macrophylla var. crenata Trautv. …….; Cardamine polyphylla D.Don …….; Dentaria gmelinii Tausch [Invalid] ……);
A wild flower for ID
Location – Gulmarg Hills (Trek Route) Habitat – Wild herb Photo taken on May 31, 2011 Flower size ~ 10 mm Brassicaceae Week: Cardamine macrophylla from Kashmir: Cardamine macrophylla Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 484. 1800.
Perhaps one of the most beautiful species of this genus a perennial herb up to 1 m tall, sparsely branched; leaves pinnate with 3-10 pairs of usually lanceolate leaflets 3-6 cm long, terminal leaflet slightly longer; flowers lilc or pink 10-15 mm across in up to 25 cm long racemes; pedicel up to 2 cm long in fruit; petals broaly obovate; siliqua linear, 30-50 mm long, glabrous.
Common in Gulmarg forest, along roadsides and Khillenmarg in Kashmir.
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